Skyrmions
are excitations of matter which hold promise for technological deployment as highly efficient memory elements. We wish to increase our understanding of these mysterious particles and engineer them towards application.

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Research challenge 1

R1
involves the
synthesis and characterization of skyrmionic materials.
Polycrystalline powder and single-crystals of skyrmion materials will be produced using a range of techniques as part of a programme of preparation and discovery of targeted systems.

Research challenge 2

R2
concerns
skyrmion science: the basic physics of skyrmionic states of matter.
Before skyrmions can be exploited in devices it is necessary to understand their properties, potentialities and their status within the general framework of fundamental physics.